At a Daesh-led Sharia court, the women were sentenced to death without any mention of the men they were purported to have slept with.

‘The four women were most likely exposed to sexual abuse at the hands of ISIS militants before being driven out of their homes and transferred to the Sharia Court,’ media activist Abdullah al-Malla told ARA News.

Under Sharia law, married men or women who commit adultery can be stoned to death

‘Apparently, the victims have been raped by ISIS jihadis and then stoned to death on charges of committing adultery.’

Raafat Zarari, of Ninevah media centre, added: ‘The four women were stoned to death in front of a large crowd of people in central Mosul.’